Logistics
Exporting Lithium Product Via Côte d’Ivoire
The Bougouni Lithium Project is located in Southern Mali, 170km south of the capital Bamako and benefits from having great access to several reliable transport routes to export its Lithium product to international markets.
KMUK has arranged to transport its Lithium concentrate product primarily to the port of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, whilst also retaining the option of using San Pedro. The Company enjoys good relations with both port authorities following several visits with the operators.
The routes, roughly 900km south of Bougouni and with one border crossing, are well-established and secure truck routes which are used for a multitude of deliveries to/from Bamako, and which pass through Bougouni town.
Kodal has signed contracts with a Malian transport company to provide the road transport services, and a separate contract with a multi-jurisdictional freight services company to handle the storage and load out of product at the ports. KMUK’s product transport battery limit is to load the product onto ships arranged by Hainan Mining. Vessel costs and shipment to China resides wholly with Hainan Mining.
Kodal has also commissioned a route survey by experienced Logistics Consultant, which has also investigated alternative routes to ports including to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Conakry, the capital city of Guinea.
